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Coke-in-MN 
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 1:19am |
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Got a call today, in fact I got 2 of them about my Apple Pay used on Amazon to buy something .
Well first call they hung up after I asked about why the call came from a local exchange in my area , the other end of conversation told me it was their local server in his broken English , then when I asked for a local number or a number to call him back on - He hung up - Spoofed number left on caller ID was same exchange number as my local code.
About a hour later get another call as $528.50 was charged on my card and I needed to press 1 to speak to someone . So after #1 is answered and they tell me about the charge I said well I ordered 2 phones - yes I ordered it but it was for 2 phones and charge should be double - what went wrong with my order - why was I being asked to pay for only ONE PHONE - when I ordered 2 .
Guy gets all flustered and says well we show just one , so I act mad and say well the order was 2 so you will just have to cancel the full order , then he starts apologizing and says I need to give him some information -
Told him he has got the information already to cancel order and credit my account - guess he figured out the SCAM wasn't working as he said some odd words and hung up !
Now if I had one of their Apple Pay cards or had a account on Amazon I might worry but when they use a spoofed number locally it's a dead give away right off !
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 5:50am |
gee, I haven't got that call yet.......
up here 'air duct cleaning services' calls...probably 100+ times in the past 2-3 years..I've actually made 2 appointments, the 5ton box truck comes out, guys asks if I'm 'Mr. J'.. I say no,they go away....none too happy..
every 'survey' taker gets 'weird' info from me, depending on the mood I'm in.... been on the 'do-not-call- list' from day one, and I still get lots of krapcalls...
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 7:44am |
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We just don't answer the phone if we don't recognize the number. If it's important they will leave a message. A few do. For a while we even got a few calls that came from OUR number. My favorite is the one that says they will reduce our gas bill and give a refund. We are lucky and have free gas from our well.
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Gary
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 8:07am |
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Hey Jay
I have fun with those Duck Cleaning guys too. From telling them all my Ducks are in my freezer now, to I only use radiant heating.
Just the other day I think he must have recognized my voice because right off he says
Fxxk Off You Sun off a Beetch' and hung up
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desertjoe
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 9:15am |
Well,,I get a lot of spam calls and somehow they have figured out how to get the caller ID to leave an in-state number,,,even from a little bitty village most times and makes you wonder who do I know from Hope, NM with a population of 23,,,,,? Most of the times if I do answer,,,I don't say anything and after a bit the line goes dead,,,, 
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john(MI)
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 11:23am |
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I tell them I clean all my ducks, cause they are all in a row.
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DanWi
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 12:07pm |
Car warranty calls, start telling them you have something like a 1965 chevy with over 300,000 miles, it pretty rusty and right now we have the motor out of it. Can you warranty that for me? 
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 1:12pm |
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I get the same calls, someone selling auto insurance, from a Wi exchange. Wants to know if I still have a policy on my Volkswagen, but I have never owned a VW. I always string them along, ask them if my Packard,or Dosenburg( sp), or even if my Rolls Royce Silver Eagle shows on their list. By that time the line goes dead.
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Posted: 08 Dec 2020 at 8:00pm |
 Coke-in-MN wrote:
Got a call today, in fact I got 2 of them about my Apple Pay used on Amazon to buy something .
Well first call they hung up after I asked about why the call came from a local exchange in my area , the other end of conversation told me it was their local server in his broken English , then when I asked for a local number or a number to call him back on - He hung up - Spoofed number left on caller ID was same exchange number as my local code.
About a hour later get another call as $528.50 was charged on my card and I needed to press 1 to speak to someone . So after #1 is answered and they tell me about the charge I said well I ordered 2 phones - yes I ordered it but it was for 2 phones and charge should be double - what went wrong with my order - why was I being asked to pay for only ONE PHONE - when I ordered 2 .
Guy gets all flustered and says well we show just one , so I act mad and say well the order was 2 so you will just have to cancel the full order , then he starts apologizing and says I need to give him some information -
Told him he has got the information already to cancel order and credit my account - guess he figured out the SCAM wasn't working as he said some odd words and hung up !
Now if I had one of their Apple Pay cards or had a account on Amazon I might worry but when they use a spoofed number locally it's a dead give away right off ! |
Got a similar message on the phone this week, saying a Iphone had been charged to my amazon acct., I didn't answer because it was a out of state number. So I looked at my amazon acct and saw nothing had been charged and figured more garbage. I just never answer any number that I don't recognize or isn't local anymore.
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